St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-16
The Arrangements Made for Two of the
Best Trctting Meetings Ever
Held in Minnesota.
Marretts New Colt Said to Be Verv
Promising and Likely to Do Great
Things in Future.
Commodore Kittson's Rataplan Lame
and Ont of the Races---Radoliff
Loses Filly.
Col. w. S. King and His Shorthorns--
The Sioux City and Sioux
Falls Races.

The st. Paul and Minneapolis Twin
City Driving and Jockey club has al
ready published its programme, which
Is the largest and best early programme
of the year. The dates of the meeting
are June 80, July l, , and 1, and the
stake and purse programme amounts to
S20.S00. The first event on the opening
day is the 2:40 trot, purse, $500; the 2:33S3
trot and the $50 pacing class for purses
OF $1,000 each complete the list. The
races for the second day consist of the
2:24 trottlng class, purse 81 800, the 800
pacing class, purse $1,000, and the 8
minute $1,000 stake. The card for Sat
urday, July ,, is good one. The free
for-all pacing class will open the feStivi-
ties for purse of 81 800: the 2:lS stake.
5000, will follow; the 2:27 class. purse
$1,000. will conclude the day. An unus-
ually good bill has been arranged for
the national holiday; it consists of the
2:2l claSS,the 2:S0 stake 800, which has
secured twelve entries, and the free-for-
all rottlng class, purse $1,000. Two
special. Entries close June 20. Acting
in unison with the Twin City club, the
Saltwater Driving club will hold three
days meeting June p, ~ and %, with
an aggregate purse of $500. The 2:40.
2:2l rotting classes and the Sawyer
House stake for $500. 500 and SlOO re-
Spectively, will fill the first day. The
second day will be filled up with the
2:2+ and the $50 trotting classes for
purses of $500 each. and the free-for-all
PAGERS, Johnston barred, for 81, 900. The
third day will be devoted to the three
minute class, purse 800; the $50
n3pnrS nurse SSDD and tho fraa IL
trotterS, purse $1,000. The entries for
Saltwater close June Is. Both of these
clubs are surrounded with all that seems
to be required to make them successful.
a large number of the most responsible
and public-Spirited gentlemen in st.
Paul, Minneapolis and Saltwater are
engaged i'll giving these races. So far
as they are concerned, the idea of max
ing any money out of the meetings is
wholly out of the question. If the re-
ceiptS are sufficient to pay the expenses
they will all be amply satisfied, If they
are not, the deficit will be made up and
no one will ever hear any complaining.
The idea that governs them is, in a gen
eral way, to have little rational amuSe-
ment and to afford encouragement for
breeding the trotting horse in Mime
sofa. The state of Minnesota is coming
10 he breeding state. There are now
In this state representatives of the best
trotting families known. Of course, the
number will be largely increased in the
coming years. 1t may be possible that
the state will not be able to show l, =
and year Odds that will exhibit speed
equal to those bred in California, though
this is not admitted, still it is beyond
doubt that it can show equal speed in
aged horses, and great deal more ell
durance. 1t is to aid in the accomplish
ment of this that these meetings are
held. The indications are that these
two meetings will be very literally at
tended, and certainly the entertainment
offered is of such high order it is quite
natural that they should be.